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Excuses for Trump? I'm wondering why it's so important to him, not making excuses for him. At the same time I'm wondering why it's so important to everyone else - the Democrats who were so keen to rename everything from colleges to sports teams to fake maple syrup seem remarkably annoyed when...

If you drink cheap and nasty coffee you need to put something in it to mask the taste :)

However the Bible is taught it's open to man's (mis)interpretation, unless the congregation takes some responsibility for themselves. As you say there are many different denominations and in many cases I suspect the differences between them really aren't all that important. How long do you...

I'm really not sure why it matters whether the body of water to the left of Florida is called the Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf of America. It's adjacent to both and it seems that insisting on a different name after so many years is just a fight for the sake of a fight. Much of the world will...

One would hope that a preacher presenting the message of Scripture would present, you know, the actual message of Scripture rather than distorting it by pulling some verses out of context. Since it's not really practical to attempt to preach the entire Bible every week we have to accept we're...

Layers and layers and layers of it, in some areas. The room I refinished is painted. One wall I pulled down had at least five layers of wallpaper on it. Other parts of the house have comparable amounts of the stuff. Some walls look like they only have a single coat of plain paper that's...

I think I'm with Frankj on this one. If someone wanted an Islamic funeral I'd point them towards a mosque. If someone wanted a funeral that celebrated the life of the deceased but didn't mention God I don't see why their wishes shouldn't be honored. Whatever my views on God and Jesus might be...

Is it true that they can't be eliminated? Methods like systematic desensitization can be very helpful when dealing with trauma responses although for many people the cost is prohibitive, as it can take some considerable time.

It would depend on what is meant by being triggered. To a large extent we can choose whether to be offended by something. We can decide how we respond to a form of words we might not have chosen, and it often seems like a lot of "offense" is manufactured. The terms we're supposed to use...

I still want to eat more or less anything that stays still long enough. Running helps stop my waistline from expanding to something more consistent with this desire.